The Birth of Sword God-Chapter 309 - 275: After Reading 3,000 Scrolls, Sword Intent Reaches Great Perfection

Chapter 309: Chapter 275: After Reading 3,000 Scrolls, Sword Intent Reaches Great Perfection

Inside the Sword Pavilion, Chu Huaixu stood frozen on the spot.

The young Daoist had already placed the sword scabbard on the wooden table beside him and started to take the Jade Scrolls on his own.

He walked over to the sword scabbard, as if not believing in superstitions, and began to reach out to touch the black bead.

—Dao Ancestor, I think we need to have a talk!

Damn, he actually can interact with me proactively!?

As a result, when Chu Huaixu touched the black bead this time, there was no reaction from the young Daoist.

"Pretending?"

"Only interacts with me when he wants to, ignores me when he doesn’t?"

"Or does the bead have to be worn on him or be near him?"

Previously when Chu Huaixu attempted to jab at the bead, the Dao Ancestor wore it on his belt.

The Daoist quickly took a few Jade Scrolls and then sat down on a wooden chair.

The black sword scabbard was placed on the table by him without any bodily contact.

Chu Huaixu tried to touch the bead again, still to no avail.

The young Daoist comprehended very quickly, and it wasn’t long before he put down the first Jade Scroll.

Immediately, everything around froze again.

Chu Huaixu saw the birds outside the Sword Pavilion’s window just stopping in mid-air.

This Secret Realm feels like the Dao Ancestor is giving him special favor, imparting his Sword Dao.

Clearly, it’s time for class again.

This Profound Level Lower Grade swordsmanship is called [Gentle Breeze Sword].

To his slight surprise, he did not practice it to perfection this time, merely to [Beginner] level, and everything around returned to normal.

This made Chu Huaixu relax inside, realizing this route was different.

—Enjoy studying, but do not seek deep understanding.

Turns out this time it’s just a superficial taste.

He was originally retracing the Dao Ancestor’s "Sword Path", so if he practiced it only to the beginner level, then Chu Huaixu only needed to cultivate to the beginner realm as well.

The young Daoist quickly picked up a new Jade Scroll and started to delve into it.

One swordsmanship, two swordsmanship, three swordsmanship....

As the number increased, Chu Huaixu discovered that this young Daoist was entirely researching based on his personal preferences.

For those sword arts he wasn’t much interested in, he just sampled them all lightly.

If he encountered something unconventional or that met his liking, he would study it a bit longer, but generally only to Minor Success, at best to Great Success, then stop.

He no longer pursued the Realm of Great Perfection.

Chu Huaixu always felt that this Daoist had his own plans.

"Or perhaps, he came to the Sword Pavilion with a clear purpose!"

Suddenly, he felt the scene before him was somewhat familiar.

Very much like the usual... strategy of lots of problems tackled by top students?

And just like in the eyes of some great beings: human beings can’t be so stupid not to learn calculus, right?

Chu Huaixu’s Comprehension 7, in the face of true Comprehension 10, actually belonged to the slightly dull type.

But what could he do? He was "trapped" here.

Just study hard!

Moreover, Chu Huaixu found a benefit.

"This is really beneficial for my comprehension of Sword Intent!"

Originally, learning swordsmanship would raise the progress bar of Sword Intent.

Learning to Great Perfection raises it a lot, a shallow taste raises it a little.

But now the advantage is in the sheer number of sword arts.

In fact, if you learn only a few swordsmanships, relying on this mode of comprehension to fill the progress bar of Sword Intent is definitely not enough.

However, Chu Huaixu usually was unwilling to spend Experience Points to learn sword skills that were of no use, unwilling to play this volume-based routine.

"It’s too uneconomical, once these skills are learned, they usually won’t be used."

"It’s more cost-effective to directly spend Experience Points to upgrade Sword Intent than this way."

But the situation is different now. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

He was trapped here, time became endless.

Although the process was torturous, excruciating, a test of temperament, but because of the presence of the cyan energy mass, he seemed unlikely to go mad...

It felt like it raised the psychological threshold.

Allowing him to be confined in this "small dark room" without completely collapsing.

Plus, Chu Huaixu was naturally a person who took things easy, he just kept on learning with the Dao Ancestor.

This made the disciples of the Sword Sect notice that a strange Daoist appeared in their Sword Pavilion.

He held the Sword Venerable’s Token and could freely borrow any Jade Scroll.

But he only browsed the Jade Scrolls, not practicing swordsmanship, as if merely using his eyes to see and his heart to grasp it allowed him to directly get hands-on.

Chu Huaixu, in contrast, seemed like a phantom, unseen by others, wandering in this layer of the Sword Pavilion.

Although time outside was frozen, the "time" within the Secret Realm was flowing.

He saw it start to snow outside the Sword Pavilion.

Clearly, when he came in, it was midsummer.

At this thought, Chu Huaixu had a stronger feeling that this young Daoist had long been scheming.

"He has prepared too many Grain Avoidance Pills!"

His Grain Avoidance Pills seemed to last endlessly.

Even if there was a Medicine Cauldron within the black bead, even if it was automatically refining Grain Avoidance Pills all the time, that still required a vast reserve of raw materials.

The young Daoist then placed down a Jade Scroll at this moment.

Once again, the surroundings froze, and he stood up to demonstrate the sword arts to Chu Huaixu.

This time, the Dead Fox was full of motivation.

Because his Sword Intent progress bar had reached 99.7%!

Once this swordsmanship reached beginner, his Fearless Sword Intent could definitely achieve Great Success.

Chu Huaixu even began to anticipate whether there would be an opportunity to directly advance to the Realm of Great Perfection within this Inheritance Secret Realm.

Currently, there seems to be every possibility!

"[Ding! You have learned the skill — Treading Snow to Seek Plum Blossom Sword.]"

The next moment, a surge of power spread from around him outward.

He once again began to resemble an unsheathed long sword.

The "aftereffect" of the Refining Sword Formulas has plagued him to this day.

Every time Chu Huaixu made progress on the Sword Dao, that feeling of "man is the sword" as a swordman intensified.

Now he understands why Nangong Yue, the Artifact Refining Grandmaster, often gave him strange looks.

Such a peerless sword, which artifact refiner wouldn’t notice?

He feels that, rounding up, he himself could be considered an artifact refiner.

It’s just that, is he perhaps... refining himself?

Fearless Sword Intent, achieved Great Success!

...

...

The snow outside the Sword Pavilion gradually withered in its appearance.

The withered trees sprouted new buds.

When the branches were full of leaves, the sound of cicadas could be heard outside from within the pavilion.

Summer arrived, and thus a year of "time" passed.

The disciples of the Sword Sect started getting used to the presence of a Daoist sitting inside the Sword Pavilion.

He was gentle, extremely polite, and easy to talk to.

Since this Daoist wore the Sword Venerable Token, the Sword Sect disciples held him in high esteem, and during this year, none of them overstepped their bounds.

In this harmonious atmosphere, there was a "wandering ghost," whose face looked increasingly gloomy.

The "living human" aura on Chu Huaixu was becoming weaker.

He no longer carried that strong "scholarly aura"; instead, the feeling of death was heavy upon him.

Yet this young Daoist could occasionally chat with the Sword Sect disciples, touch the Jade Scroll, sit on a wooden stool, and feel everything around him...

But this "wandering ghost" could not.

No one could see him, no one would talk to him, he couldn’t even touch anything around him, feeling a strong sense of detachment from this little world.

This feeling of loneliness was actually quite deadly, even somewhat depressing.

And it was this azure qi ball that kept his mind stable, preventing him from collapsing or going insane.

How tormenting was it for Chu Huaixu now?

He would feel envious whenever he saw the young Daoist consuming a Grain Avoidance Pill.

"Is it delicious?"

"I want to taste it too!"

"Damn, I really want one!"

Gradually, Chu Huaixu realized, he too began to... become infatuated with the Sword Dao!

Because he couldn’t do anything else, every day was boring, the only thing he could do was practice swordsmanship.

He started trying to find the differences between various swordsmanship styles.

Attempting to understand the creators’ thought processes.

Exploring the interesting aspects of this swordsmanship style.

This became the only thing he could do for entertainment and self-amusement.

Another year passed in the Sword Pavilion just like that.

The young Daoist had long finished the Profound Level Lower and Middle Grade swordsmanship styles.

Even among the one hundred and fifty Upper Grade Profound Level swordsmanship styles, he’d also reviewed a small portion.

In this process, Chu Huaixu’s Fearless Sword Intent finally broke through to the Realm of Great Perfection.

And after reaching Sword Intent Great Perfection, a new progress bar still appeared.

"Once this progress bar is full, I can attempt to refine my own Sword Heart."

His gaze began to drift to the window.

From a long time ago, he started to miss Big Ice Cube, miss Xiaoxu, even miss Old Niu, and the Daoist Sect.

Oddly enough, he didn’t particularly miss anything on Earth.

"Did I unknowingly start considering this place as home?" Chu Huaixu was somewhat caught off guard by this.

"I wonder how Big Ice Cube’s cultivation is going."

"Heh, that woman must be going crazy missing me by now!"

He entertained himself in his mind out of sheer boredom.

Now, he was studying some Upper Grade Profound Level swordsmanship styles.

Chu Huaixu started to pick the ones he favored most.

So far, his personal favorite swordsmanship style was called the Celestial Sword, a homophonic reference to "Qiankun Jian" (the Universe Moves).

Now, he was gradually developing his own understanding of the Sword Dao.

This made the feeling of "man is the sword" on him grow stronger once more.

As "time" went by, the young Daoist finally took the last Jade Scroll from the shelf.

Chu Huaixu noticed and paused for a moment, then his shoulders slightly drooped, releasing a long, impure breath.

After gaining minor success in this sword technique, Chu Huaixu began practicing alongside.

Upon reaching entry-level mastery, his progress bar for solidifying his Sword Heart reached 61%.

Clearly, Upper Grade Profound Level swordsmanship styles contributed much more than Middle Grade ones.

The scenery around them didn’t shatter; instead, after putting the Jade Scroll back, the young Daoist picked up the Sword Scabbard on the table and started descending the stairs step by step.

After leaving the Sword Pavilion, the Sword Venerable of the Sword Sect, who had apparently arrived at some unknown point, was standing outside the door to welcome him.

It was evident that the Sword Venerable residing on the Nameless Peak was also keeping a close eye on everything within the Sword Pavilion.

Perhaps he had always been guessing when this Daoist would venture out on his own?

And so, he waited, and waited until this moment arrived.

"I didn’t expect that you, friend, would actually go through all three thousand tomes of the Sword Dao in one go."

"I am impressed."

The dignified Sword Venerable bowed courteously to the young Daoist, with utmost sincerity.

Though clearly not a Sword Cultivator, his determination and persistence for the Sword were so strong that even the Sword Venerable of the Sword Sect, who prided himself on his swordsmanship, felt inadequately admirable.

And little did he know, an incredibly bored young man took a step forward while the respectful gesture was done, relying on the fact that he had accomplished the same feat, standing shoulder to shoulder with the young Daoist, also receiving the bow with calm composure.

Meanwhile, this young man fiercely raised his hand and then tightly grasped the black bead on the Sword Scabbard.

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